The Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Australian Synchrotron in Melbourne intended to promote collaborative opportunities between the two facilities.

The University of Saskatchewan Crop Development Centre (CDC) has assigned international marketing rights to a number of pulse crop varieties as part of its program to capture a royalty on seed sold outside of Canada.

University of Saskatchewan researcher Caroline Tait will deliver a lecture sponsored by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) on preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), the leading cause of preventable birth defects in Canada.

Dean Chapman has X-ray eyes. As team leader of the biomedical imaging and therapy (BMIT) beamline under construction at the Canadian Light Source synchrotron, he is developing tools that reveal the body’s workings with unprecedented clarity and detail. Come hear about the medical applications of this powerful instrument, illustrated with videos on leading-edge health research at the University of Saskatchewan.

Construction will start next week on a $3-million, unique-in-Canada pulse field research lab attached to the U of S Crop Science Field Laboratory.

University of Saskatchewan spinoff company Adnavance Technologies Inc. has attracted a $3.85 million investment from four venture capital organizations to develop biosensors for diagnosing disease, novel DNA-based vaccines, and a new method for producing hydrogen for fuel cells.

The University of Saskatchewan presents respected piano technical consultant Roger Jolly as the 92nd lecturer in the Fine Arts Research Lecture Series in Music.

An interprovincial team from Alberta, the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Waterloo has been awarded $2 million from the Alberta government's Innovation Program to develop tools that will harness high-tech veterinary diagnostics, satellite-generated maps, and computer modeling to assess and predict the effects of landscape change on the health of resident grizzly bears.

A unique-in-Canada, $3-million pulse crop research lab opened today at the University of Saskatchewan, the result of more than three years of effort by the university, Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SPG), the governments of Canada and Saskatchewan, and numerous partners in industry.

University of Saskatchewan English graduate student Tasha Hubbard will receive the prestigious Canada Award at the 2005 Geminis for her documentary film, Two Worlds Colliding, the National Film Board (NFB) has announced.

A University of Saskatchewan research team has been awarded $1.75 million from the federal Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to study social enterprises - the largest such grant to the university to date.

Today three newly recruited University of Saskatchewan scientists were awarded a total of $253,000 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to provide cutting-edge infrastructure for research that could help treat heart disease, find environmentally friendly ways of making new plastics, and lead to new electronic devices.

A nation at war creates a special dilemma for its writers: to what degree should they abandon their traditional role of objective observers and critics of their society in order to use their skill with words to help win that war?

October 24, 2005: Release Issued by Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation Health research in Saskatchewan just received a major boost with the injection of $2.4 million through the Regional Partnership Program (RPP), a program funded by the governments of Canada and Saskatchewan.

Lorne Babiuk, director of the University of Saskatchewan's Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO), has been named the 2005 recipient of the Prix Galien Canada Research Award which honors a leading researcher judged to have made the most significant contribution to pharmaceutical research in the country.

Have you ever wondered how tall your child is going to be? University of Saskatchewan kinesiology researchers have developed a new method to predict the adult height of healthy children.

“Is Canada’s water for sale?” asks Chandra Madramootoo in the 2005 Harry Toop Memorial “Science for Saskatchewan” Lecture on Thursday, October 27 at 12:00 noon in lecture theatre Room 105 in the Thorvaldson Building at the University of Saskatchewan.

Gillian Snider, a recent Master of Arts graduate in philosophy at the University of Saskatchewan, will present the 91st lecture in the Fine Arts Research Lecture Series in Music.

A synthetic substance similar to ones found in marijuana stimulates cell growth in regions of the brain associated with anxiety and depression, pointing the way for new treatments for these diseases, according to University of Saskatchewan medical research published today in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.

October 12, 2005: Release Issued by the Government of Canada. The Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Finance, on behalf of the Honourale Ujjal Dosanjh, Minister of Health, highlighted today along with Dr. Alan Bernstein, President of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the recipients of an investment of more than $4.1 million to fund health research in Saskatchewan.

University of Saskatchewan medical anthropologist James Waldram has been named a Champion of Mental Health by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH) for his work in understanding Aboriginal mental health.

October 4, 2005: Release Issued by Genome Canada The Government of Canada, through Genome Canada, will contribute more than $3 million toward a $6-million genomics research project at the University of Saskatchewan, announced Ralph Goodale, Minister of Finance. The project will examine cold tolerance in wheat, barley and rye.

A new, highly contagious and sometimes deadly canine flu is spreading across the United States, and experts fear the virus may be making its way into Canada.

Composer Robert Lemay will be joined by renowned saxophonist Jean-François Guay to present the 90th lecture in the Fine Arts Research Lecture Series in Music.

University of Saskatchewan computer science professor Julita Vassileva has been named to the Cameco NSERC Prairie Chair for Women in Science and Engineering, U of S President Peter MacKinnon announced today.

University of Saskatchewan composer and lecturer in music Neil Currie will present a free public lecture about his modern classical compositions which will soon be released on CD by the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra.

The haunting sound of the Australian Aboriginal didgeridoo is the subject of the first in the University of Saskatchewan’s 2005-06 Fine Arts Research Lecture Series in Music.

Lorne Babiuk, director of the University of Saskatchewan Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO), has been named an Officer of the Order of Canada.

A U of S research team has found that a pair of closely related genes may govern the development of cancer, a discovery that could lead to new early screening tools to detect the deadly disease, according to an article published today in the Journal of Cell Biology.

Release Issued by the Government of Saskatchewan Five research projects at the University of Saskatchewan will receive more than $500,000 from the Government of Saskatchewan through the province's Innovation and Science Fund.

The University of Saskatchewan and Mississauga-based drug development company YM BioSciences Inc. today announced a worldwide licensing agreement for the commercial development of new molecular compounds with potential to enhance cancer drug therapies.

Prepared by Saskatchewan Pulse Growers SASKATOON -Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SPG), Walker Seeds Ltd. (WSL), the Crop Development Centre (CDC) at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) and Keg Agro Ltd. have signed an agreement designed to advance the bean industry in Saskatchewan.

SASKATOON, SK. The University of Saskatchewan's renowned Crop Development Centre (CDC) is merging its barley research programs to ensure continuity in its world-class breeding for the benefit of Prairie producers and Canada's agricultural industry.

Released July 11, 2005 A Canadian research team led by University of Saskatchewan cell biologist Helen Nichol will use the Canadian Light Source synchrotron to search for new ways to treat Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, backed with $450,000 from the federal Collaborative Health Research Project (CHRP) program.

The Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative has offered a grant of $5.6 million US to the University of Saskatchewan's Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) to develop and improve vaccines for newborns.

Today the University of Saskatchewan's Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) was awarded $6.9 million (Can.) to develop and improve vaccines for newborns through the Grand Challenges in Global Health competition, an initiative supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other partners.

John Giesy, a world-renowned expert in industrial pollutants and their effect on people and the environment, has been appointed Canada Research Chair in Environmental Toxicology at the University of Saskatchewan, the federal government announced today.

University of Saskatchewan PhD student Sue Wilson Cheechoo is working to build a partnership between her own First Nation community near Moose Factory on the shore of Hudson's Bay and Western scientists to help solve environmental challenges.

Today eight University of Saskatchewan researchers were awarded grants totalling more than $650,000 by the federal Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

In celebration of Saskatchewan's centenary, the University of Saskatchewan will host two award-winning national CBC radio programs in early June "Quirks & Quarks" with host Bob McDonald and Writers & Company with host Eleanor Wachtel.

A rare collection of University of Saskatchewan medieval manuscript pages will be on public display at the U of S Gordon Snelgrove Gallery June 7th to 23rd.

A University of Saskatchewan professor who won the country's top literary non-fiction award will receive the university's Distinguished Researcher Award at the May 25th convocation.

A needle-free drug delivery system developed by University of Saskatchewan pharmacy and nutrition professor Marianna Foldvari has been named winner of the fourth annual Innovation Place-Industry Liaison Office Award of Innovation.

Shannon Dobko, a University of Saskatchewan graduate student in educational administration, has been chosen to implement a national anti-violence pilot project called The Fourth R: Relationship-Based Violence Prevention.

Two University of Saskatchewan graduate students are the first recipients of the Innovation Challenge Award jointly sponsored by the U of S Industry Liaison Office (ILO) and Innovation Place.

Over the next five years, 85 University of Saskatchewan research projects will receive more than $12 million in Discovery grants and equipment grants and NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council), while 27 U of S graduate students will receive $922,000 in NSERC scholarships.

Over the next five years, 85 University of Saskatchewan research projects will receive more than $12 million in Discovery grants and equipment grants and NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council), while 27 U of S graduate students will receive $922,000 in NSERC scholarships.

An international team that includes two University of Saskatchewan Canada Research Chairs has discovered that the element cadmium, well known for its toxicity to humans and other animals, may play an essential role in regulating atmospheric carbon.

Marvin Eckroth, University of Saskatchewan Professor Emeritus in music, has been chosen to conduct the 2005 National Youth Band of Canada which will meet, rehearse, and tour in Saskatchewan for the first time in the band’s history May 6th to 15th.

The University of Saskatchewan will receive $257,000 from the Saskatchewan government to help advance a proposed world-class $7-million feed processing plant that will research, develop and test new feed products.

Today the University of Saskatchewan was awarded $1.94 million over the next five years for two new Canada Research Chairs and associated equipment that will help monitor environmental damage in Canada's rivers and develop new super-durable coatings for long-lasting artificial joints and machine parts.

The Government of Saskatchewan is providing almost $4.5 million for ten Canada Research Chairs and supporting infrastructure at the University of Saskatchewan.

Prairie farmers will invest more than $9 million over 10 years in world-class research at the University of Saskatchewan aimed at developing the next generation of superior quality wheat and barley varieties to keep Prairie farmers competitive in global markets.

Designs for a Saskatoon whitewater sports facility and a synchrotron computer control and monitoring system won the 2005 University of Saskatchewan Engineering Innovative Design and Student Paper Presentation Competitions.

Today a B.C.-based producer organization made a $640,000 investment in livestock reproduction research at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) on the University of Saskatchewan campus.

Today the University of Saskatchewan's unique cluster of life science research facilities received a $24-million boost from the Government of Canada.

Eight University of Saskatchewan health researchers will receive more than $3.25 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) over the next five years to study new ways to detect and treat cancer, repair nerves, treat pain and heart disease, reduce tissue rejection in organ transplants, and pursue possible cures for asthma and allergies.

More than 130 graduate student research projects will be on display at the U of S Life and Health Sciences Research Conference on Friday, March 18th.

Today three University of Saskatchewan researchers were awarded grants totaling nearly $195,000 to develop techniques to manufacture electronic components, build artificial organs, develop tools to create realistic digital worlds, and understand how algae and plants respond to environmental change.

Did you know that regular physical activity may generate the growth of new brain cells? Or that neurological and psychiatric illnesses account for more disability worldwide than any other group of disorders?

Leading infrared synchrotron researcher Tom Ellis today joined the Canadian Light Source (CLS) as its first director of research, a key appointment as the national facility at the University of Saskatchewan prepares to welcome scientists from around the world. Ellis's position will be associated with the university's department of chemistry.

A new nation-wide study shows the number of nurses in rural and remote Canada dropped by four per cent from 1994 to 2002, a trend expected to continue as one in five rural nurses plan to retire by 2007.

Aboriginal poverty in Saskatoon is declining markedly as young people attain higher levels of education, more income through an increasingly broad range of occupations, and become role models, a U of S-led study concludes.

A new hard X-ray microfocus beamline at the $174-million Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron at the University of Saskatchewan promises to be a powerful tool in protecting the environment.

From love and sex in ancient Roman and Greek culture to a psychological study of adolescent relationships, University of Saskatchewan researchers are well poised to offer unique perspectives on love, sex, and relationships on Valentine’s Day and throughout the year.

University of Saskatchewan toxicologist Lalita Bharadwaj and two other Saskatchewan researchers have been awarded $185,000 to study the effects of landfill practices on the environmental health of some of Saskatchewan's First Nations communities.

U of S music professor Don Harris, in a lecture titled "A Creative Project: Re-designing an Education in Music in our Schools and Post-Secondary Institutions" will talk about his recently designed national music curriculum and explore how a radical re-design of music education may better serve our students and ultimately our musical culture.

Royalties for pulse crop varieties developed in Saskatchewan but grown outside the country should begin to flow to the University of Saskatchewan Crop Development Centre thanks to a deal that recruits three Canadian agents to market an additional 33 CDC pulse crop varieties internationally.

Prepared by Saskatchewan Learning The Government of Saskatchewan is investing nearly a half million dollars in equipment at the University of Saskatchewan to advance research into robotics and brain diseases as well as industrial chemistry.

A new $3-million University of Saskatchewan pulse crop research lab received a $750,000 boost from Western Economic Diversification Canada, part of more than $6.75 million announced today in Regina by Finance Minister Ralph Goodale for a range of projects and organizations across the province.

A University of Saskatchewan engineering project to study carbon dioxide (CO2) storage in oil and gas reservoirs was awarded $300,000 from Western Economic Diversification Canada today, part of more than $6.75 million announced in Regina by Finance Minister Ralph Goodale for a range of projects and organizations across the province.

The University of Saskatchewan's department of physics and engineering physics will celebrate the World Year of Physics with numerous events throughout 2005, beginning this Thursday with the first of a series of public lectures, and later with an open house and events for schools.